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Pollutants enter the stratosphere either by transport from below, by direct injection from aircraft, by massive explosive events such as volcanic eruptions or nuclear weapons testing, or by downward transport from the overlying mesosphere. Most man made pollutants are transported upward from the troposphere, where they reside for varying lengths of time following their emission from the surface, depending on their rate of removal by chemical oxidation or physical removal in the precipitation elements.
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Cox, R.A. (2000). Stratospheric Chemistry and the Effect of Pollutants on Ozone. In: Vovelle, C. (eds) Pollutants from Combustion. NATO Science Series, vol 547. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4249-6_6
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